Minoshima, Y. N. 2017. A New Species of Enochrus Thomson from Laos (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) . Special Bulletin of the Coleopterological Society of Japan, (1): . 61－68.

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A new species of water scavenger beetle, Enochrus (Holcophilydrus) niisatoi sp. nov., is described from a mountain area in central Laos. In addition, a probable larva of the species, which was collected together with adults, is briefly described. This species is very similar to the other Laotian species, E. (H.) laoticus Hebauer, 2005, but can be distinguished by the morphology of male genitalia and elytral punctures. Photographs of both E. niisatoi and E. laoticus and a key to the species of Laotian Holcophilydrus are provided.